C62.9
C62.9 — Malignant neoplasm of testis, unspecified whether descended or undescended
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
C62.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of testis, unspecified whether descended or undescended. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with C62.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C62.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C62.9 alone.
- C58Malignant neoplasm of placenta
Risk adjustment
C62.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead C62.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C62. If C62.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C62.9
- Is C62.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C62.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C62.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs (C60-C63).